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I ASTRONOMER DESCRIBES WORLD’S PROBABLE ENü Thon« "easy" persona who ar« nl afraid sorne predlcted BgLIEVTS LORIMER GUILTY. end of thn world will comu tu pass auddonly shoulif South Dakota Senator Protests find conslderuble Agal nst Whitewash Report. eumfort In tim uh Wa-dilngion, Jan. 10. — Senator sertlon of Prüfe» sor l<uw«ll tbut Crawford, of South Dakota, bitterly ' ilttaekod H-nator Lorimor, or Illinois, liiere Is Ihe b««t today, ehaurtng thsk lie must have of »clentlfic svl ktipwn of the corrupt practices cm denen fnr bellov ; ployed III olecthig him The election Ing tnmiklnd will of Stat« Mepresviitatlve Hhurtleff as hnv« lumiy yeiirs 1 «peaker of tho lower house of the wnrnlng of the ; Illinois legislature, Crawford said. great und final | was Hi« "first step In tho corrupt < utiiclystii whl< h program." "The next move," he continued, may put this earth In ihn »<r»p h«np Tlu> professor has no doubt that such "was wtwo Instill) l.«r O'Neill Browne an si <1 will coma to th« earth, but b« us minority lender." He reviewed lhe testimony of the makes no attempt to say when the • vent will occur. Th«»« who know representatives and senators who shout Hi« eminent astronomer ami conf* <xi«l In connection with the rhara**». his work d<> not doubt Ills word, ol bribery Tbi i.iieii’-Jli of till** tCHflmotiy la course; and tho»« who do not know not luoken by. Its iitsoclnilon with may real asrured that Mofessor Slut« llepresentatlvcs White, llecko- Lowell Is amply qualified to render liieyer. H o II h I iiw and Link, r* If eon an opinion on this Important subject fessed criminals. They are contempt- The probable nntur« of th- end of ILL people. 1 readily grunt, but there the world. na the coticiusious of tb* 1« HomeUiliiK so couulktunl lii the •dentists show, will bn a drop Into theory that Ixirliner purchased them, ths nun; but Professor l/>w«li says mid something so completely antago wo shall have advance knowledge of nistic In the theory that they were thia, and h« knows. Aa lit« acleti honest votes cunt Jn l/trlmer's favor, tints have ngured It out tliarn Is that I cannot escape the conviction some where In tho remote confines of that these men betrayed their honor space a great mass of matter -once « and blackened th« fuir fiumi' of th« for paltry dollars alid permitted world, but now dead hurtling toward stat« Browne and Broderick to sell them our sun. When It hits tho bull's-eye. like pawns to Shurtleff and Lori as It Is bound to d<> s> oe day, our mer.'* little hunk of mud will c<- »<■ to exist. "This testimony fulls miserably of It la well for our ps«< u of mind It» purpose." he said. "lb* only ten that no such dead world la at present ilencv 1s further confirmation nnd within <!nng> roue pr> xlmlty Yet who coiToboratlve proof that Ixirimur was known what day the morning papers unlawfully elected I wish I could may announce that on« han been din believe that Ixirliner himself did not cover* <1 by ntd of the sun n light re know thnt fraud was l«<lng commit flected upon It an It enters our llttio ted 1 regret to say It. but I |M*rson- Ixirlmcr knew rlrcle butt Ing Into our society, so to ally believe • that »peak While It would then bo cor enough a limit what was going on In tain th« end of the world was at Springfield to prove to tiny reason nblv prudent man upon Inquiry that butid, still, there would be ample time Browne and BhurtlelT were his po In which to prepare for the Inevitable litical agents, mid thnt he rnGfied About 27 years would elapse from the their acts and accepted the results of time It was discovered by some as their corrupt practices, of which he tror.otner with Ills tele*cop*- until t lo must hate hnd knowledge I may be fatal mana could I»« seen with th« wrong, but I mil willing thnt tho io naked eye, and not until three years port of this subcommittee be adopted later would It appear a<* largo ns the without protest." bright*-»! stars In th« heavens Nearly CANNON TRIUMPHS. three years more nnd our seasons would begin to change, tlio days be- (liming longer Tho loginning of the Win» First Irrportant Political Man end would come about five months euver When Congress Meets. Inter The stranger would not strike Washington, Jan. 9.—Senator Bev- our little planet, but m uld pass so clone In Its dash to the nun that the erldge today Introduced a resolution earth would turn and follow until, to declaring that William Lorimer of gether. they would drop silently Into Illinois wim not duly elected to the the nun. Ilk« a couple of dust specks | United States senate. Into a roaring furnace fire The resolution was handed In with Professor Ixiwell, who has so calm ly announced tho probability of thin a minority report on the finding of startling end to all earthly holies and 1 the senate committee on privileges fears, was born nt lionton, Muss., and elections, which Investigated the March 13, 1x55. Graduating from charges of brlltery In connection with Harvard In 18741. he continued the . the Ixrrlmer election. study <'f nstronomy In many parts of The re|a>rt reviewed elaboratsly the world until 1594, when be «»tab- the evidence and expressed df»a|i- llshed tho Lowell Observatory st . proval with the findings of th« ina Flngainff, Arts. Being a fellow In jorlty of the committee. nearly nil the Important scientific and Speaker Cannon had his hour of astronomical associations of Europe triumph In the House today In win- nnd America, his opinions have long nlng tho first important political been accepted quite generally as au J maneuver of the present session of Shorltatlvo. Ills mid theory concern Congress. Radiy battered In the throe days‘ Ing the end of the world, therefore, him aroused no end of controversy ! storm that swept the House last i March, tho Rpeaket "came back” In nmong men of science I n way that brought a grim smile of 1 «at Infliction to his countenance and j left his enemies, the "Insurgents," NINETY-YEAR-OLD IOWAN discomfited. The Speaker today was siistalne.l WHO KNEW HENRY CLAY . by u majority on a ruling identical ; with the one he made last March. ft lf> rare nowadays to meet n man ! w hen the House overruled his deci- who knew Henry Clay, Crittenden and ; slon through a combination of Insur- Thomaa 11. lien gent Republicans nnd Democrats, ton, but Uncle On lhe eve of their return to power Johnny Cooper, the Democrats voted to sustain the Insurgents who Just colebrat mllng of tho chair The “ id hii* ninetieth— them—stood by their guns birthday nt bls > tbo Speaker bravely in a farm home a»-ar ,o,t <*U" It was on the point ns to whether Hamburg. la., was I a proponed iimendmeiu to the rules. personallyac- .offered from the floor, constituted n q u a I n t o d * 1 l,b| question of high constltutioual privi- those famous men. p.g,, thnt the storm broke. i' ......................... Mr. Cooper Is by precisely this question thnt called birth ii Kentnckl- out ‘ the ■' "revolution" of last March, nn nnd In his boy-1 when Norris, of Nebraska, offered an hood days lived amendment providing for a rules next door to "Harry" Clay, He do I committee of 15 members to bo elect scribes day as being the possessor ed by tho House, instead of three of remarkably long ears nnd prodi members appointed by the Speaker. giously big feet. His fnvorlte attitude 1 The Speaker ruled the Norris resolu was sitting, book In hand, with feet tion *mt of order. elevated, leaning ngnlnst n tree. He would always stop nnd converse plena, SHALL THE HOUSE BE LARGER? nntly with young Cooper whenever j tliev met nnd the lntter has nlwnyH Crumpacker Proposes|436]Mcmbers, cherished hla memory In Ids heart of Campbell WouldICut to 225. heiirts The opposite, however. Is true In the caso of Thomas U Ben Washington-Tha question as to how 1on. Tho Coopers removed from Ken tho United States shall lie reappor- tncky to Clay county. Missouri, In tinned ¡into congressional districts in IR37. Mr Cooper's father became n accordllncc with the i910 cenRUH rp. close political associate and trusted ! lieutenant of Benton. l!o managed turns wa. discussed with the president Henton s campaigns In that section j by Representative Crumpacker, of In- of the state nnd tho groat Missourian diana, chairman of the house commit was a frequent visitor nt the Cooper tee on census. The bill which Mr. Crumpacker will home. On one of these occasions the younger Cooper was tempted to whip introduce will provide for a member Henton. "My father," said he, In a ship of 435, an increase of 43 over the reminiscent mood, "was a talking present number. This would be on a mtn, nnd could mnke a better stump basis of one representative to 211,880 speech than Benton. At one time of population. ____ was ___________ „ __ Representative Campbell, of Kan- when ...» the latter spending tho nlght at our house my father said, sas, who also saw the president at the referring to me, 'This young man Is Cannon Inherits Fortune. not going to vots with us this year.' Benton, In a loud enraged tone, Washington- Speaker Cannon re roared, "If ho was my son I'd disin ceived a letter from King, King, & Co., bankers of Bombay, India, herit him.’ "I’d Ifnve given all I was worth,” notifying him that a woman client of said Uncle John, with vehemence, "If theirs, having been warned by her he hnd been a young man of my own physicians that she had less than six age so I could bave"Thrliirtied him.” months to live, had deposited with them hor will for execution upon her death, In which Joseph G. Cannon, of But Not Now. Danville, 111., '■ made sole hoir to an Howell—"Is he In good standing?" estate valued at $2,600,000. Cannon Powell—"He was until 1 sat on him." had befriended the woman years ago. GRAFT MONEY PAID BACK. WOOL MEN ADJOURN. Pennsylvania Recovers $1,595,740 on F. R. Dooding, of Idaho, Nrw Prasi- dent—Next Convention at Omaha. Crooked State Houee Deal- BIG TRUST SUED BY GOVERNMENT Portland.—With three loud cheers for Portland, thd forty seventh annual same time, expressed the opinion that convention of tbe National Wool the house should lie reduced probably Grower»’ aHSociation adjourned Sat to about 226 and kept permanently at urday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock in that figure. He said he might intro tiie Armory to meet in Omaha next duco a bill to that effect. year. Thia marked ttie close of tbei tnoHt important convention yet held I by tbe organization, according to the AFTER TOBACCO TRUST. closing address of the newly elected and the retiring officers, and one All Rivals Driven Off Sea or Into Government Begins Final Effort to Oombine—Ports May Be feature upon which they congratu Dissolve Big Cornoine. la toil themselves and their fellow del Closed to Ships. egate» wax the comparatively peace-' Washington Before the court of ful manner in which the deliberations | last resort Saturday bagan the final k had been conducted. gal buttle fur life of the American 'iv Action at this convention makes itl New York, Jan. 5.—The Federal baccu company and its subsidiaries. incumbent upon the association to! government brought suit today in the High priced rorpoiation lawyers begin wbat promises to be a most United States Circuit court under the matched wits with the government’s wide spreading campaign for the edu trust busters in a struggle to deter cation ut the nation to a realization Sherman anti-trust law againat thir mine whether the hhvrmun anti-trust Of the urgent necessity of a protec teen of the principal Trans-Atlantic law is invalid or whether it has the tive tariff on wool and woolen good». carriers, which are estimated to con power to crush the tobacco trust. In order to save from alleged wreck trol ninety per cent, of the steerage On the outcome of the fight depends and ruin, the sheep and wool in the life or death of the vast corpora dustries, so closely allied that the traffic, worth to them $55,000,000 a tion, with un invested capital of more killing of one means the Inevitable year. Twelve officers of the defendant than $400,i>00,000, or the emasculation destruction of the other. companies, all resident in Ament», of th<iSherrnari law, which would null It was explained by the various »peakers that with tbe duty free wool are named as eo-defendants. ify the government's strongest weap PATTEN SUED FOR BIG SUM. These companies, the government from Australia, Asia, Africa, Soutn oti against corporate aggression. America or any other foreign coun charges,entered into an Illegal contract Attorney General George Wicker sham and Special Attorney J. C. Rey Cotton Speculator May Have to Pay i try, the sheep industry would soon February 5, 1980, at London, Eng., by dwindle to nothing, a condition that nolds commanded the forces of the $6.000.000 for Gambling. themselves would not only prove disastrous to which they constituted government. Chicago. Jan. 10.—James A. Batten., tiie wool-growers themselves, but the Atlantic conference, with power to Attorneys John C. Johnson and Wil retired millionaire grain broker. ‘ liam B. Hornblower represented the whose successful operations In the would deprive the American people of apportion all traffic pro rata, impose one of Its most Important sources of tobacco company. To Johnson, as cotton market led recently to Fed food supply, one that will increase heavy fines on ¿members of the con chief counsel for the appellant fell the eral gland Jury indictments, was sued in ImiKirtance at a greater ratio than ference for violation of any article of duty of making the opening argument, for $6,000,000 In the Superior Court the Increase in the population. agreement and wage competition and his 1«gal defense of the areaRed today. It was pointed out that the actual against all lines outside the confer corporation consumed by far the The plaintiff. Dr. Patil Burmaster,! cost of wool in the average suit of ence. greater part of the day. president or the Chicago Anu gamb clothes Is so small aa to be almost As a result, it is alleged, the Rus The tobacco trust suit was brought ling Ix-ague. doeB not assert *o have Insignificant and that therefore the sian volunteer fleet, plying between by the government against the Amer- duty protecting these two industries New York and Libau, was driven out and those closely related thereto is of business and ¡the Russian-American ican cTobaeco company, its officers, di therefore of such little moment to line was forced to make terms with rectors, snd affiliated corporations for the consumer that if the facts were the conference and enter its member the purpose of seeking to prevent and understood by the people at large ship. restrain monopolies in tobacco and re the sheep and woolgrowers need lated commodities, alleged to be Suit was brought by Henry A. Wise, never fear abolition of tbe du’y or Conducted in violation of the Sherman United States district attorney, act even a reduction thereof. anti-trust law and certain provision» of The association will make It a part ing under instructions from Attorney the WiIron tariff act. of Its work to carry on such an edu General Wickersham. In its petition the government prays cational campaign as was advocated MAKE CANAL COMPETITOR. In the report of Retiring Secretary the court to “enjoin the defendants George S. Walker and by other from further agreeing, combining and Senate Bill Would Let American speakers, and a man well versed In conspiring to injure or destroy the bus Coastwise Vessels In Free. every detail of the industries will iness of any person or corporation en be sent to Washington and main gaged in the business of carrying Washington. Pacific Coast ship- tained there to guard against any steerage passengers between points in pera who have been fighting for measures being enacted under mis the United States and Europe. water transportation as an offset to apprehension. It was set forth dur tho exorbitant transcontinental rail I “Further, that each, every and all ing the sessions repeatedly that while the defendant steamship lines be for road rates, will be benefited by the there Is no reason to doubt that the bidden either to enter or clear any of adoption of the Mann bill, with Issues affecting the sheep and wool Senator Elint’s amendment, which their vessels at or from the port of industries are and have been treateu the ueuate committee on inter- New York or any other port of entry In all fairness, misunderstandings re port , oceanic canals has voted to in the United States, or any of its pos and unfamiliarity with actual condi favorably. tions have and may lead to measures sessions, so long as they shall continue It is a bill for the governing of the the effect of which would lie any to operate under the aforesaid alleged Panama canal zone. Flint's amend unlawful combination or conspiracy.’* thing but that intended. ment makes the canal free of tolls Wv York. A l*tt«r received fr -m Men* The resolutions adopted indicate for American vessels for coastwise WaJIace by hlw friend. Chester lieecroft. also a better understanding between trade; Imposes tolls on railroad complain**«! SENATOR ELKINS DEAD. that the Peary relief ship which owned steamships; enables the gov look Menv back to the North, left him the sheep and wool men and the ernment at any time to take over many mllva from Etah in a atranir part of 1 forest service and closer relations vessels which accept the use of the <}r««*nland with no provhHona. no fum and and more friendly terms than In Prominent Leader in Congresa Paas- no dt»KR. M»ne was 1and«*<i at North Star ea After Long Illness. The resolution provides canal without tolls, the question of ! Hay and had a «treat deal of trouble to i the past. and enables cost to be settled later, get to Etah, where he w&s known, M<n« for a national advisory board, con Washington, Jan. 5.—Senator Ste the president to tlx the tolls at not •ajR that Peary Iw hated in hla country sisting of a representaive man from phen B. Elkins, of West Virginia, died for hi* cruelty. He does not believe that less than 60 cents nor more than I »vary found the Pole or that Cobk found each state and territory having a at midnight last night At bis bedside $1 50 per net ton. It. Mene w ae brought to thia country reserve, to take up with the secre Under the provisions for takln« about H years aaro by Peary, with hi» tary of agriculture and the forestry were his wife, his daughter Katherine, father and two other Eskimo». died department changes which it is be and four sone, David, Richard, Stephen over vessels, the government can at but Mene. He attended the public All school» lieved should be made In the inter and Blaine, and the physicians. any time obtain all the colliers and In New York, but got homesick. Death was due to septicemia or blood est of the sheep industry. This ad auxiliaries It needs In war. He was conscious until The amendment will make the ca been a participant or a loser in any visory board wiil also find it its duty poisoning. nal a real competitor of the trans of the operations with Mr. Patten, to make a careful consideration of within half hour of death. continental roads. There have been but brings suit under an Illinois all complaints and of the regulations In th« early evening there were per of the forest service. well defined fears that unless condi sistent rumors in Washington that the statute whereby any person having The proposed speed limit measure Senator’s condition had become grave, tions changed the Panama canal knowledge of a gambling transaction would not give shippers the relief is indorsed from the viewpoint of and fears were expressed that he that was hoped for when It was proj may sue and recover to the amount quicker transportation as well as ■night not live through the night. The of three times the total lost by any ected Such eminent authorities as from a humanitarian point of view. Elkins family, however, were hopeful Admiral Evans have proved that un of the victims. The resolution carries a protest to the last and to the numerous inquir Burmaster was inspired to bring der existing conditions of control of against the proposed Parson's bill, steamship lines by railroads, the ca the suit, he said, through recently and authorizes the executive com- ers who poured in at the Elkins horns nal Is practically turned over to becoming acquainted with a retired j mittee to take up the matter of encouraging responses were given. broker who related to him the man freight rates with the Interstate Com Though no funeral arrangements them. It was brought out In the Investi ner In which men win and lose money merce commission should this be have been announced, it ia probable that Mr. Elkins will be buried at El gation bore that 170,000 a month had on the Board of Trade, chiefly deemed necessary. been paid by transcontinental roads through dealing In futures. The election of officers went off in kins, W. Va. ' accordance with a cut and dried pro During the larger part of his service In a pool as a bonus to the Pacific Deep Destitution in China. Mall Steamship company, which, un gram, the delgations from the various in the senate Mr Elkins was chairman der the terms of the contract was Shanghai.—Very intense suffering, states having fixed up a slate prior of the important committee on inter Compelled to run Its steamers with amounting to starvation, among 1.000,- to entering the convention hall. Dr. state commerce. As head of this com out freight In order to prevent steam 1 000 farmers in the northern part of J. M. Wilson, of Wyoming, who had mittee he had charge of the Hepburn ers from being competitors of the the province of Anhult. following the been urged to accept the presidency, rate regulation bill of 1907 and of the railroads. drowning of 1000 i>ersons, Is reported retired In favor of Frank R. Gooding, administration bill of 1910. A rail In an appeal by the provincials to of Gooding, Idaho, ex-governor of the road builder and owner himself, Mr. PACIFIC TO BE DEFENDED. the government for aid. The Huai and state, and younger brother of retir _____ Kwo rivers, which for two weeks ing president F. W. Gooding of Sho Elkins bad an intimate knowledge of Taft Promises Delegation More Coast have been out of banks, are said to shone, Idaho. The nomination of all questions affected by this legisla Defense Vessels. have caused the devastation of 7000 Mr. Gooding was made by Frank R. tion. He was the outspoken champion of WASHINGTON —- Representatives square miles. Villages were washed I Hagenbrath of the Idaho delegation. the bill of 1910 and, as such, <->Jought completely away, and in some In Utah was given the western vice Ellis and Haley, with Senator Jones and Representative Humphrey and stances the entire population per 1 president by the election of George for its passage night and day for several members of the California ished. Crops were destroyed and the Austin, of Salt Ixtke City, and there months. Probably the longest speech delgatlon had a long conference with government has heen asked to pro twins no rivalry for the position of ever delivered by the West Virginia I eastern vice president, A. J. Knollin senator was made in its support. President T.aft regarding the neces vide for the destitute. of Chicago, was re-elected. sity for better protection of the Pa clfic Coast. Particularly they ap Shipwrecked Men Starve. pealed for more • submarines and Locomotive Slides Through Draw. Valdex, Alaska—Marooned for 60 Steamer Thieves Make Haul. torpedo boats. Vancouver, B. C.—Sliding along days on Sawmill and Galena bays, and The upshot of the conference was rails made slippery by the heavy i Seattle.—Express thieves between subsisting for 30 days on an average that Loth tho President and Secre snow, a Great Northern engine draw Seattle and Alaska have gotten away of six small clams a day, Edward tary Meyer expressed themselves fav ing a long freight train, plunged orably upon the demand of the Pa through the open draw soon after 9. with $75.000 worth of negotiable Meredith, of Port Angeles, Wash., cific Coast delegation and legislation o'clock Tuesday morning. Engineer stock certificates of the Owl Mining and Frank C. Smith, of Spring Creek, will bo drafted and formally recom Baker stuck with the engine and company, a package of valuable gold Pa., were brought to Valdex in a pit mended by tho Secretary of the Navy made the 30 foot drop, getting free ore specimens, a bundle of currency iable conditiion. It will be weeks be hospital. authorizing an increased number of and swimming to safety. The acci and several other parcels of consid fore they can leave the coast defense vessels for the Pacific dent was witnessed by hundreds of erable value, shipped to Seattle by With provisions for 10 days they left the Alaska Pacific company from Valdez November 1. Their power boat Coast- people nnd a miniature panic ensued Cordova. Although the officials of as the big machine hung for a sec the company are retlclent they are was frozen in at Jackson bay, but waa Model Indians Are Found. ond over the end of the bridge, then keeping the wires hot between Seat freed again. For 18 days they sub Washington Indiana that do not broke from its coupling and plunged tle and Cordova in an effort to lo sisted on what food they could find. drink to any extent, that have aband- into False creek. cate the missing plunder. oned tribal customs and adopted the North Coast Limited Robbed. white man’s ways, that have built lit Seventeen Parish In Atlantic. Seattle—The mail car on the North Ex-Captain to the Bad. tle one-story houses for their resid ern Pacific's St. Paul North Coast Highland Light, Mass.—The worst ences and are self-sustaining these St. Paul.—Charles J. Williams, ar Limited was held up by two masked disaster the Life Guards of the coast are the Alabama Indians in Texas, ac rested Wednesday when, it is said, men soon after the train left Seattle cording to a report sent to congress by of Cape Cod had seen In many years > he attempted to steal a $600 diamond Wednesday night. Mail Clerk Harry Secretary Ballinger. The investiga occurrod Tuesday on the sand bars O. Clark, of Spokane, was shot and the tion of the condition of the Indians was off the Peaked Hills. They stood on! after trying to blind the jewelry clerk registered mail was rifled. Clark was with red pepper, has been positively directed by congress. The Interior de tho beach with their lifeboats ami ‘ brought to Seattle for treatment. A partment reporta only 192 Indians left. other apparatus, unable to render as identified as Captain D. F. Keller of posse of seven deputy sheriffs is mak sistance, while three coal-carrying Reading, Pa., for IQ years a soldier ing a systematic search of the coun Worcester Under Fire. barges were hurled to destruction in the United States army and form try around about Kent, 16 miles from WASHINGTON. — The Philippine and all on board—17 men—lost their erly of Troop A, Eighth cavalry. here, where the men left the train. Captain Keller Is wanted at Reno, land Investigation was resumed by lives In the snrf. Nev., for a $7500 forgery. the House committee on Insular af Strain Proves Too Much. Voices of Great Man Canned fairs, Representative Martin, of Col Los Angeles—Professor Lucien Lar orado, who started the Inquiry, cross- Paris.—Great men of France and College Gets Carnegie Money. examining Dean C. Worcester, of the visiting notables are to have their Los Angeles.—Andrew Cornegie kin, the astronomer in charge of Mount Philippine Commission. voices “plionographed" and the rec has donated $25.000 to the University Lowe observatory, has suffered a men Mr. Martin sought light as to ♦ho ords will be preserved at the Sar- of Southern California. This gift, tal breakdown and has been placed in arrest of Manila newspaper men for bonne for future generations. The plus the $75,000 raised by the uni a private sanitarium. Rev. A. B. Lar libel In connection with publications records will be made with unusual ■ versity itself In compliance w'th the kin, his son, attributes the scientists* concerning the lease of public land care. A voice collection of great j terms of the Iron master's donations, condition to overwork and entertains singers is now being prepared. I wipes out the debt of the institution. hope of his recovery. to Mr. Worcester'« nephew. Harrisburg. I'a.—Restitution of SLSOb.ltOO mid th« surrender of war-, rants aggregating $200,000, upon which payment had been stopped, were made In the Dauptiiln County ‘ Court by the men convicted or other-. wise Implicated by Pi-nnaylvanla In the Capitol frauds. in mnalderation. tho commonwealth agreed to drop further criminal ac tion against the defendants indicted,> mill, with th« excr-ptlon of the caie of Joaeph M. Huston, of Philadelphia, who Is under mi Indeterminate sen-1 fence of from six months to two years and who has an appeal in tbe Supreme Court the Capitol fraud cases are declared ended and the state satisfied. The new Capitol, a magnificent structure, with its rich furnishings. ■ > ki approximately 113.000,000. Of thlH lhe stall- alleged It had been de-1 frauded of about $5.000.0<>0. Up to date the state has exp«n<le>! $1074161 > In prosecuting the cases. Restitution of $1.59',.740 is said to have been made by certain defendants. Trans-Atlantic Steamer Line In Alleged Combination.